Description

First Edition, in the First Issue Dust Jacket, Inscribed and Signed by Thomas Pynchon

Thomas Pynchon.The Crying of Lot 49.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1965. First edition. Inscribed
and signed by Pynchon on the half-title page, "10/86 / To Michael
Urban / With All Best Wishes / Thomas Pynchon." Octavo. 183
pages. Publisher's yellow cloth over gray boards with black spine
titles. Brown paper endpapers stamped "w.a.s.t.e." Top edge stained
blue. Original first issue dust jacket priced $3.95 and with the
number "366" on the front flap. Very minor wear and rubbing to the
book and jacket. Previous owner's ink signature at the base of the
front free endpaper. A near fine copy. Accompanied by a photocopy
of a letter sent from Pynchon to Carla Urban, the inscribee's
mother, in which Pynchon agrees to sign some books for her son,
Michael, a lymphoma sufferer whose birthday was coming soon. Four
books signed from Pynchon to Michael Urban, including this one,
appear in this auction.

Auction Info

Auction Dates

April, 2012

11thWednesday

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